April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
Dallas plan commissioners on Monday voted unanimously to recommend changing multiplexes from a primary to secondary use in the “Community Residential” — or single-family neighborhood — placetype of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan. A new draft of ForwardDallas was posted last week — billed as a compromise with a preference toward greater density on…
A Houston-based multifamily developer has upgraded the swanky suites of the 21-story Uptown 3700M building to include a “club living concept.” The 3700M, named for its address at 3700 McKinney Ave., was built in 2014, and developer Vero Sade completed the two-year renovation in Uptown this spring. The $15 million makeover for the “trophy asset”…
A bipartisan landowner advocacy group is ramping up its work ahead of the 2025 Texas legislative session to ensure that Texas landowners know their rights and have a voice in things like access to water and broadband services — and are protected when the dreaded eminent domain rears its ugly head. Many CandysDirt.com readers live…
An investigation into why 70 Dallas Development Services employees were forced to work in a building with three dozen fire code violations is underway, and city officials responsible for the building purchase and occupancy have said there were no “life and safety” matters to be concerned about. Employee emails obtained last week by CandysDirt.com tell…
As an affordable housing crisis continues to affect large metro areas and bedroom communities alike, municipalities of all sizes are evaluating their options for undeveloped land. Some leaders in Tarrant County’s Bedford say they envision commercial and residential use on 57 acres currently owned by a local school district — but they’ll have to get…
